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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What activity does Grant undertake to get exercise after Fiona's move to Meadowlake?
(a) Playing basketball.
(b) Running.
(c) Skiing.
(d) Swimming.

2. When Grant is nearly ready to take Fiona to Meadowlake, she compares it to living at what type of location?
(a) A library.
(b) A post office.
(c) A hotel.
(d) A train station.

3. What color lipstick does Fiona always apply before leaving the house, according to Grant?
(a) Red.
(b) Nude.
(c) Pink.
(d) Brown.

4. What word had been scrawled across his office door at the same time Grant received the letter?
(a) Rat.
(b) Fink.
(c) Louse.
(d) Philanderer.

5. For how many years have Fiona and Grant lived in their house by the time Fiona moves to Meadowlake?
(a) 25.
(b) 8.
(c) 12.
(d) 40.

6. What is the name of the nurse to whom Grant always hopes to speak when he calls Meadowlake?
(a) Karen.
(b) Kaylie.
(c) Katie.
(d) Kristy.

7. Grant had once received a letter from which person associated with one of Grant's former lovers/students?
(a) Her brother.
(b) Her roommate.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her mother.

8. What action does Fiona suggest to Grant that he take when he asks whether she will be done helping with the game soon?
(a) Ask the staff for a cup of tea.
(b) Ask the staff for a milkshake.
(c) Ask the staff for a cup of coffee.
(d) Ask the staff for a glass of wine.

9. Who first tells Grant that the name of the man sitting next to Fiona is Aubrey?
(a) Aubrey.
(b) An unnamed staff member.
(c) Fiona.
(d) Kristy.

10. What adjective is used to describe the size of the central space at Meadowlake?
(a) Sterile.
(b) Large.
(c) Cozy.
(d) Austere.

11. What beverage does the narrator name as one Grant never drinks?
(a) Soda.
(b) Tea.
(c) Coffee.
(d) Lemonade.

12. After their retirement, Fiona and Grant began to engage in what activity together?
(a) Cross-country skiing.
(b) Golfing.
(c) Playing tennis.
(d) Ballroom dancing.

13. What was NOT a consequence Grant suffered as a result of his dalliances with female students?
(a) He was no longer invited to social gatherings.
(b) He was talked about by the whole staff at his workplace.
(c) He was given the cold shoulder by his colleagues.
(d) He was fired.

14. Kristy tells Grant that he will learn what skill over time?
(a) How to befriend Fiona.
(b) How not to take things so seriously.
(c) How to laugh.
(d) How to determine how much Fiona remembers during a given visit.

15. Fiona retires from her position as a coordinator of volunteers at what type of establishment?
(a) A school.
(b) A library.
(c) A hospital.
(d) A homeless shelter.

Short Answer Questions

1. Grant recognizes that continuing his infidelity "might" have eventually "cost him" (289) what?

2. What country is NOT named as one to which Fiona and Grant had traveled during one of their winters after retirement?

3. Who locates Fiona after her sudden disappearance from a particular location?

4. Over what type of feature do Fiona and Grant drive on their way to Meadowlake, reminding them both of a certain nighttime activity?

5. Grant's colleague and others like him are described as spending "every night on" what objects with their "bewitching young mistresses" (285)?

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